Bits and Pieces: A History of Chiptunes,Used

Bits and Pieces: A History of Chiptunes,Used

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Bits and Pieces tells the story of chiptune, a style of lofi electronic music that emerged from the first generation of video game consoles and home computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Through ingenuity and invention, musicians and programmers developed code that enabled the limited hardware of those early 8bit machines to perform musical feats that they were never designed to achieve. In time, that combination of hardware and creative code came to define a unique 8bit sound that imprinted itself on a generation of gamers.For a new generation of musicians, this music has currency through the chipscene, a vibrant musical subculture that repurposes obsolete gaming hardware. It's performative: raw and edgy, loaded with authenticity and driven by a strong DIY ethic. It's more punk than PacMan, and yet, it's part of that same story of ingenuity and invention; 8bit hardware is no longer a retired gaming console, but a quirky and characterful musical instrument. Taking these consoles to the stage, musicians fuse 8bit sounds with other musical styles drum'n'bass, jungle, techno and house to create a unique contemporary sound.Analyzing musical structures and technological methods used with chiptune, Bits and Pieces traces the simple beeps of the earliest arcade games, through the murky shadows of the digital underground, to global festivals and movie soundtracks.

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